Joshua Thomas Lewis, 10 years old, of Panama, Iowa died on November 2, 2017, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born October 11, 2007, to Rodney & Candice (McDowell) Lewis in Omaha, Nebraska. The family lived in Carroll, Council Bluffs, Pisgah, and most recently Panama, Iowa. Since Josh was two he was a student at the Iowa School for the Deaf until last year when he started attending Lo-Ma School in Logan, Iowa. Josh was diagnosed with a rare genetic defect at an early age and later with kidney failure. Josh was baptized on April 13, 2008, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Bloomfield, Nebraska. He loved trains, dirt track racing and the movie Cars. Josh and his family also enjoyed a Make-A-Wish trip to Disneyland in 2016.

Funeral Service was held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church in Woodbine, Iowa. Officiating was Pastors Stephanie and Tim Cramer. Recorded Musical Selections “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groben, “This is Not Goodbye” by Sidewalk Prophets, “I Can Only Imagine” by Mercy Me and “See You Again” by Wiz KhalifaPall Bearers were Cody Lile, Jeremy Smith, Justin McDowell and Terry Erwin, Jr.